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Natural History, Science, Sport, Travel
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Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP 
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Elder (Frank) The Book of the Hackle, number 79 of 85 copies, colour frontispiece and plates by Ellen Chapman, 28 hackle feathers only (of 29, lacking 1 hackle, another detached) on 5 card inserts, each feather with gold caption, original morocco, gilt, g.e., slip-case, by A.W. Lumsden, 8vo, Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, 1979.***Deluxe edition of this study of hackles from cockerels used in the creation of dry-flies. Elder died in 1977, the book being seen though the press by his son.. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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